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...regatta is a testament to the Crimson’s depth, with the wins in the 3V and first freshman events, by margins of 5.0 and 4.9 seconds, respectively. Harvard also raced a second freshman four and a fourth varsity four against a mixed Brown four as the Bears didn’t have a second freshman eight. Brown’s four finished behind both Crimson fours...
After a tough loss in horrid weather at No.2 Brown last weekend, No. 9 Radcliffe suffered a loss to No. 6 Princeton while picking up a nail-biter over Cornell. Saturday’s regatta was just one of two regattas that the Black and White hosts on the Charles River this year...
...Boston City Regatta on June 19, 1858, tutor Charles W. Eliot, Class of 1853, and later a Harvard president, hurried with another member of the crew team to buy six Chinese silk handkerchiefs of a red hue. The impulsive purchase proved to have enormous repercussions for the color of the uniforms of football players, diplomas and “future Harvard graduate” T-shirts worn by toddlers for years to come. It would start Harvard down a rocky red road that left magenta and garnet by the wayside before settling on the now-ubiquitous crimson as the school?...
...similar love affair with magenta in the mid-19th century. In 1866 a committee of Union undergraduates chose magenta as the school’s official color, according to Union archivist Ellen Fladger. Fladger says that when Union and Harvard faced off in an 1875 Rowing Association Regatta, “a crisis ensued when each team claimed priority to the color.” Though Union lore holds that the New York college forced Harvard to abandon the magenta, Fladger says the truth is that Harvard alums precipitated the shift back to crimson...
...before thoughts of national championships or even qualifiers can be concretely entertained, the Crimson must continue to impress with its week in and week out consistency. This weekend Harvard will compete in two events, the Team Race Intersectionals at Yale and the Friis Trophy Regatta at Tufts...